Team 2 - Re-Imagining Pathways for Students

Charge

The Implementation Team on Re-Imagining Pathways for Students will address Recommendation 1 from the report of the 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges and a related implementation strategy:

Increase completion rates of students earning community college credentials (certificates and associate degrees) by 50% by 2020, while preserving access, enhancing quality, and eradicating attainment gaps associated with income, race, ethnicity, and gender.

Construct coherent, structured pathways to certificate and degree completion. This strategy should aim to incorporate high-impact, evidence-based educational practices; integrate student support with instruction; promote implementation at scale; rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of programs and services for students; and courageously end ineffective practices.

Primary tasks are:

Develop a newly-imagined model for coherent, evidence-based pathways for students as a documented example for the community college field.

Publish a description of design principles and recommendations for colleges in approaching their own redesign work.

Recommend information resources for inclusion in AACC's online 21st-Century Center; sponsor presentations and discussion through national community college conferences.